Chapter 1253: Chapter 1253

"What are you going to do?"

Wu Xiaoyu struggled in terror, but there was no way to resist the means of these thugs.

A few strong men lifted Wu Xiaoyu up, making her ride on a rope, then grabbed her hands and feet.

"Wu Xiaoyu, where is Tang Xin? If you don’t tell, you should know the consequences."

Liu Wudao shouted viciously at Wu Xiaoyu.

The entire weight of her body was borne from below, Wu Xiaoyu felt a piercing pain, but still had no intention of confessing.

Liu Wudao coldly spat out a single word.

As he spoke, several strong men immediately dragged Wu Xiaoyu’s body along the hemp rope.

Wu Xiaoyu let out a miserable scream, the hemp rope leaving a trail of red wherever her body passed; such treatment to a woman’s most vulnerable area inflicted enormous physical and psychological harm.

"Will you talk or not?"

Liu Wudao coldly questioned.

"I don’t know where Tang Xin is. You could kill me, but I still wouldn’t know."

Wu Xiaoyu shouted hoarsely, then her head tilted to the side and she went silent.

"Boss, she passed out."

Someone immediately reported the situation.

"Splash some water to wake her up and continue the interrogation."

Liu Wudao mercilessly ordered.

Wu Xiaoyu had been subjected to severe torture by this group for several days, yet despite such torment, she still hadn’t revealed Tang Ming’s whereabouts.

Because of the deliberate concealment by Liu Mengting and others, the hidden Tang Ming was still unaware that Wu Xiaoyu had fallen into enemy hands and was being abused, instead spending his days obsessively cultivating at his place.

At noon, while resting, Tang Ming was both eating and checking the news online, though he had turned off his phone during his closed-door cultivation, he still checked the news online every day.

Tang Ming abruptly stood up, staring at the tablet mid-meal.

Somehow, a video of Wu Xiaoyu being tortured had been posted online, along with various accompanying images.

"Damn it, how did I neglect Xiao Yu!"

Upon seeing this video, Tang Ming exploded with anger.

No matter how carefully he calculated, he hadn’t expected the perpetrator to be so audacious as to dare harm Wu Xiaoyu right under the Wu family’s nose in the Imperial City.

Now the opposing side was creating such a commotion, forcing him to come out of hiding.

"Damn it, how could something so big happen and no one told me."

Tang Ming’s face turned unusually grim, and he unhesitatingly pulled out his phone to contact Chu Batian.

Soon, Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli applied for leave and returned home.

Tang Ming sat with a stony face on the sofa in the villa hall, glaring at the anxious Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli: "Did you two know all along that Wu Xiaoyu had been kidnapped?"

"We... received the news yesterday."

Liu Mengting quickly lowered her head and spoke weakly.

"Damn it, why didn’t you tell me sooner?"

Tang Ming cursed angrily, quickly turning to Chu Batian: "Did you know all along too?"

Chu Batian opened his mouth, unsure of how to reply.

"Oh, Tang Ming, please don’t be angry. We worried about disturbing your recovery, that’s why we didn’t tell you about this."

Li Xiaoli quickly spoke up to explain: "The reason those people captured Wu Xiaoyu was to lure you out, and since your cultivation hasn’t recovered, coming out would be courting death. We didn’t want you to take that risk."

Upon hearing this, Tang Ming flew into a rage, smashing the table in a single blow: "You didn’t want me to take risks, so you just watched Wu Xiaoyu be tortured? She’s a girl who’s been in the hands of villains for so long, do you know how much pain and humiliation she must endure? Doesn’t it hurt you at all?"

"But if you go, it’s really a matter of life and death, a needless sacrifice..."

Liu Mengting muttered defiantly.

Tang Ming coldly turned to Liu Mengting: "The two of you were able to come back safely before because Wu Xiaoyu risked her life to save you. And now you can say such things, do you have a conscience?"

Liu Mengting was momentarily speechless.

"Wu Xiaoyu was willing to risk her life for me, and when you knew she was in danger, you didn’t inform me. What does that make me?"

The more Tang Ming spoke, the angrier he got. Had he known it would be , he wouldn’t have gone into hiding.

He had repeatedly told them before leaving, in case of any crisis to inform him immediately, but in the end...

"Tang Ming, we know we were wrong."

Li Xiaoli looked at Tang Ming uneasily, speaking helplessly: "We really only wanted to keep you from getting hurt, that’s why we hid it."

"Boss Tang, everyone was truly thinking of your safety, that’s why they didn’t say anything."

Chu Batian quickly spoke up as well.

Tang Ming angrily glared at Chu Batian: "I can understand if the two of them didn’t get along with Wu Xiaoyu at first, but you, having been with me for so long, don’t know what kind of person I am? Faced with something , you still didn’t inform me straight away?"

"I was afraid you’d be in danger too."

Chu Batian murmured, helplessly glancing at the two ladies.

Previously, he had intended to inform Tang Ming, believing that even if there was danger, he could accompany Tang Ming to face it with his cultivation of a Seven-star Martial Master. But Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli staunchly disagreed, leaving him no choice.

"What are you shouting for? Even if your cultivation has been abolished, knowing Wu Xiaoyu has been captured, what can you do about it?"

Seeing Tang Ming lose his temper, Liu Mengting couldn’t help but retort, gritting her teeth: "Now that you know, what do you plan to do, go get yourself killed?"

"Of course, I have to rescue her, even if it means risking my life."

Tang Ming coldly stared at Liu Mengting: "If I can risk my life for the two of you, I can take a risk for Wu Xiaoyu. You are not my girlfriends, and neither is Wu Xiaoyu, but even for the sake of common friendship, I must go through fire and water."

Hearing this, Liu Mengting was speechless. Tang Ming was exactly the type of person who would risk his life for friends.

"There’s one more thing."

Tang Ming looked up at a few of them, coldly saying: "Wu Xiaoyu knows where I’m hiding, yet no one has come for me so far. Moreover, there’s this video of her being tortured. This just proves that even after being captured for so long, she hasn’t given me up. For this alone, I must rescue her."

Upon hearing this, everyone else fell silent, and as they thought about Wu Xiaoyu’s situation and how she hadn’t revealed Tang Ming’s location, they realized they may indeed have been wrong.

"Xin Badao, immediately have the Dark Group investigate the source of this video and the photos online for me."

Tang Ming ignored Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli, issuing a cold order.

"What do you plan to do?"

Chu Batian suspiciously looked at Tang Ming.

"The kidnappers haven’t left any contact information or contacted any relevant people, they’re obviously forcing me to show up. In that case, there must be clues to trace Wu Xiaoyu’s whereabouts."

Tang Ming squinted his eyes, calmly analyzing: "First, find the source of the video and photos, and we should be able to find the kidnappers’ contact information."